Elgin Kansas 1
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Old Elgin, Kansas. The first Cattle Town in Kansas and at one time, the largest cattle shipping town in the world. Step back in time to the days when life was simpler, slower and safer and stay awhile in Elgin, Kansas.
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like the inclusion of vintage photographs in your video. That's a nice touch.
Thank you for that. I think it helps.
Those brick roads are gorgeous.
I think so too. You don't see brick streets like that anymore. Thanks for your comment.
Those brick roads and sewers are impressive. They probably haven't had maintenance in 100 years. It bankrupted the city when their economy crashed immediately after it was built.
The last business in that storefron was Margarets Cafe. It closed in the Spring 1995 whe she got to sick. The ranch workers would come from all over to eat at lunch. I only ever bought candy there and the water was absolutely so bad like all Elgin water so i don't know if it was good. The grocery stores were elsewhere.
You are correct that she lived above it with her husband. But on the weekends they stayed at their home inn Chautauqua.
The business beside was a museum, but she just moved all the stuff over to her cafe as wall decorations. I think they rotted away in there.
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I'm thinking that the wide streets got their size because it took that width to do a u-turn with a team (horses) pulling a wagon.
That's very interesting. I hadn't thought about that, but I believe you could be right.
If you travel to most towns above the Mason-Dixon line in the midwest, the streets are wide. Also, the railroad was the ATSF (Santa Fe) and it was a spur line from Havanna, KS to Cedar Vale, KS. Don't have information on when built and removed.
@@rickmiller1429 That's very interesting Rick.
Those brick streets are beautiful. One observation is that they're well designed for drainage underground because there's no sign of frost heave.
Very good point. I hadn't thought about that.
I'm with this last guy's comment.
Hi Jack. Did you see ever see anyone out and about on your trip through Elgin? I kept looking for people. I didn’t notice anyone! The wide brick streets with curbs and gutters were still in pretty good shape for as old as they are. Is Elgin west of Sedan in the Winfield, Ark City area? The map you showed didn’t stay on screen long enough for me to get the exact location.
I tried to find somebody there but there wasn't anybody around. I did find one guy who was very reluctant to talk but gave me some directions. There's no city office or museum to go to either.
The brick streets are really excellent but a little worn much like Cherryvale's brick streets, but I was quite impressed with the general quality of the city.
Elgin is right on the border of Kansas and Oklahoma; in fact, the South Avenue Street is just slightly over the border into Ok. It's south and east of Sedan or Chautauqua.
Elgin is located south of Sedan on the Kansas-Oklahoma border.
Seems pretty quiet there except for the sound of birds
There were FOUR buildings beside the cafe when i was a kid in the 80s, but the has collapsed in. That is why there are trees. You can't mow it because of rubble underneath.
Thank you for your comments. You have a great deal of knowledge about Elgin. I wish I'd had you around when I was making the video. If there are any towns that you can recommend where you have knowledge about, I would certainly like to know about them. I can possibly include one of them on my UA-cam channel. Thanks again.
@jackellison8518 There are two nearly dead towns nearby that are even more dead. Boulanger and Hewins. But no where as impressive. But they did film the movie "August: Osage County" in the Boulanger mansion.
If you are interested in the outlaws, it is said that they liked to hide in the cave around here: maps.app.goo.gl/RWJqm47crC39VXTZ6
When I was a kid, you could easily see it from the road if you knew where to look up the hill.
@jackellison8518 And there is of course Webb City. The city that never was.
@@tcironbear21 I cannot find any information about Webb City, Kansas. Can you tell me a little about the city and where I can find more information about it?
@jackellison8518 For starters it is in OK. :-) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb_City,_Oklahoma#
The church has mindblowingly impressive stain glass.
Elgin Methodist Church though it may be non- denominational. We had three churches, one when entering Elgin from Oklahoma and another one where the old water tower was torn down.
My mom lived their in the early oil boom.
I can imagine that she loved Elgin.
Sound is terrible. Adjust camera so the hood of your car isn't in the video. Too many photos and tags spoiling the scenery. Just some suggestions, I know you're new at this.
Thank you for your suggestions. I do intend to purchase a microphone for the Insta360 camera. That should help with the sound. I will work on the adjustments for masking the hood of my car. You are correct, I am new to this. Thanks again.
@@jackellison8518 I was re-reading what I posted and I apologize if it came off as harsh, I didn't mean it that way. I'll do better in the future. Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@Atwater20 I didn't consider your comment harsh at all. I always appreciate constructive criticism and look for ways to improve what I'm doing. I just appreciate that you are watching the videos and giving them your consideration.
@@jackellison8518 I'm glad we're good then.
@@Atwater20 Yes, no problem here.
At the beginning you were not in Kansas. That was Oklahoma. You enter Kansas at the same time you enter Elgin when you come up the south way.
The music is WAY overly dramatic for what your video is showing...you would think it's a place on Mars
I suppose you’re probably right about that. Thank you for your comment.